Folding go-cart.



No. 861,203. PATENTED JULY 23; 1907.-

w. 0. BULL.

FOLDING G0 CART.

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Z J mill HLI-ELEIPJMINIIIIIl l UN .IT-ED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM G. BULL,- OF cAimsxghsw JERSEY, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-SIXTHTO WILLIAMJ. ROBERTSON, JR.

FOLDING GO-CART.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 23, 1907.

v To all whom itmay concern:

Be it known that'I, WILLIAM C. BULL, a citizen of a specification.

My invention consists of a go-cart or childs carriage,

, which is automatically foldable, and composed of few simple, lightand'inexpensive members, which are assembled so as to be capable offolding in compact form, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Figure 1 represents a side elevation of'a go-ca-rt embodying myinvention. Fig. 2 represents a rear elevation thereof. Fig. 3 representsa side elevation of the go-cart in folded condition. spective view of adetached portion.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in thefigures.

Referring to the drawings: A designates the seat of a go-cart or similarcarriage,and B designates the back thereof. C designates arms, to whichthe sides of said back are secured, said arms being extended upwardly,and having connected with themthe handle D for evident purposes. 7 4

The sides of the seat A are rested upon and secured to the angle ironsor bars E, to the rear of which the lower portions of the arms C arepivotally attached. To the front ends of said bars E, are pivotally'attached the arms F, .the upper ends of which are pivotally attached toarm rests G, which latter are pivotally connected with arms 0 of theback B. I

H designates crossed legs, which are respectively connected as at G atrear with the lower ends ofv the arms C, and the rear ends of the barsE, and as at F in frontwith the lower ends of the arms F, said legs Hbeing connected, intermediate of their ends, by the pivot H, which alsopermit the same to be folded.

On one-pair of legs-H-,' are the bearings for the axle .T of thefront'wheels K, and on the other pair of legs H are the bearings for theaxle L of therear wheels M, said axle L being of the form of a crank, itbeing noticed that lower ends of the pair of legs H continue, as at H,along the side limbs of the crank axle L, and is riveted or otherwisesecured thereto, the lower ends of said legs also having eyes N, whichare fitted on the members P of the axle, on which the wheels M havetheir bearings;

Connected with the legs H in front ofthe pivot H, is the stud ofshoulder Q, which projects laterally outwardly from said leg and formsastop against which the lower edges of the upper portions of thelegs Hmay abut in the operative condition of the'cart, thus Fig. 4 representsa persustaining the legs, and limiting the descent of the same, andretaining the wheels K, M, in their spacedapart positions.

. R designates a foot rest, which is pivoted to and depends from thefront 'of. the seat A, as usual in suc cases.

1 Connected with the rear end of the seat A, is the handle ,8, which maybe grasped in order to fold the cart, and carry the same in foldedcondition.

When the cart is in operative condition, the various members are in thepositions shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and the cart may be employed asusual.I

When it is desired to fold the cart, the handle S is grasped, and thecart is raised by the same. The seat then folds down, the back foldsdownwardly over the seat, the arm rests fold with said back, the arms 0folding over the foot rest, the cross legs close, after the manner ofshears, and the front and rear wheels are brought closely together, onepair folding within the other pair the several members thus beingcompactly folded, in which condition, the cart may be convenientlycarried, transported, packed, etc.

In order to unfold the cart, the handle is grasped, when the back israised, the cross legs unfold, the seat and arm rests resume theirnormal positions, and thewheels are restored to the front and rearpositions, further downward movement of the cross-legs being preventedby the stops Q, and the weight of the child'oc- .cupying the cartserving to keep the wheels K, M properly apart, and preventing foldingof the legs, and consequently of said wheels.

While I have specified certain means for carrying out my improvements, Ido not wish to be limited exactly to the'same, but desire to make suchchanges as may come within the scope of the novelty involved. Specialattention, however, being directed to the fact that when the handle isgrasped and the cart lifted thereby, the foldingparts immediately moveautomatically into folded position, the result being shown in Fig.3, itbeing also evident that the handles projects from the seat in suchmannerthat .while it is convenient of access for lifting the cart toaccomplish the' folding of the parts of the same, it projectssufficiently from the seat so as to relieve the hand from being pinchedor squeezed by the adjacent parts of the cart in folding.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, i's:

1. A go-cart composed of a folding seat. a folding back, folding legs.and wheels mounted on said legs, said back being adapted to fold infrontof the seat, and said legs to told on the rear thereof .one pair ofwheels being adapted to fold within the other pair of wheels.

"2. A go-c'a'rt composed of a folding seat, a folding back,

folding legs, wheels on said legs and a handle on said seat,

whereby when the cart is raised by said handle, the parts cross legs,and folding side arms, the latter being pivotally connected with saidrests, seat and the front members of said legs. 1 I

5; In a go-cart, a seat, a leg; a crank axle, a wheel 1 mountedtlf'ereon, and a leg attached to said seat and adapted to be connectedwith the side limb of said axle.

6. In a go-cart, a crank axle, a wheel on said axle, a leg adapted to besecured to theside limb of said axle, and an eye member on said legadapted to embrace the portion of said axle on which said wheel ismounted.

' WILLIAM c BULL.

Witnesses JOHN A. WIEDERsHEIM, HARRY C. DALTON.

